around
part of speech
preposition, adverb (around; UK also round)
meaning for a pupil
1) Around means on every side of something, or in a circle. tree →
2) Around means about, not exact: «around 30 people». tree →
3) Around means in different places nearby: «walk around the town». tree →
4) Around means turning to face the other way: «turn around». tree →
sense in the lessons
the distance all the way round a shape (perimeter); also an approximate number; phrases «turn around», «look around», «around the corner», «all around», «around the world», «get around»
examples
- A fence goes around a yard 10 m by 6 m. tree →
- She ran around the track 4 times. tree →
- There are around 30 people. tree →
- How much ribbon goes around the box? tree →
- The Earth goes around the Sun. tree →
- Turn around and look behind you. tree →
- The shop is just around the corner. tree →
- We looked around the museum. tree →
- I'll see you around 5 o'clock. tree →
- The moon goes around the Earth in about a month. tree →
- Great white ice-bergs came drifting around them. tree →
note
«around a shape» means perimeter: add all the sides. Trap: «around 30» means about 30, an estimate, not a sum. The Earth goes around the Sun in a year.
In the corpora
- Teachers often give a solo to the child most ready for that piece, and many swap solos around during the year.
- To isolate a part means to practise one small bit on its own, then join it back to the bars around it.
- A rumour is a story passed around without proof; it is not a fact just because many people repeat it.
- The bandura is a Ukrainian plucked string instrument; modern concert banduras have around 55 to 65 strings.
- The Renaissance was a period of new learning and art in Europe from around 1400 to 1600.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «around» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.